Seafile to integrate Collabora CloudSuite as it continues its rapid expansion in Chinese and European markets.

Collabora Productivity, the driving force behind putting LibreOffice in the Cloud, has been selected by Seafile, a leading open source file sharing vendor, to deliver file rendering and editing functionality throughout the Seafile product range. Seafile, with offices in both China and Germany, offers private and hosted file sharing solutions (EFSS Enterprise File Sync and Share software) to both the commercial and consumer markets.

“Collabora is delighted to work with yet another open source leader” said Michael Meeks, General Manager of Collabora Productivity. “Seafile’s growth is testament to the maturity of its technology and the vision of its leaders. Their emphasis on secure storage and collaboration addresses modern market requirements and puts the customer’s file and document experience first.”

Daniel Pan, Seafile founder and CEO of Seafile Ltd. said: “We are impressed with what we have seen so far from Collabora CloudSuite. We think it’s a great tool that gives our users more options for working with files online.”

“Editing files online is something our customers ask us for a lot and we are very happy to have found a great partner in Collabora Productivity that helps us to extend Seafile in this direction. I can’t wait to start using Seafile and Collabora CloudSuite together myself.” said Silja Jackson, CEO of Seafile GmbH.

Collabora Productivity is the driving force behind putting LibreOffice in the Cloud, providing a range of products and consulting to enterprise and government. Powered by the largest team of certified LibreOffice engineers in the world, it is a leading contributor to the LibreOffice codebase and community. Collabora Office for Desktop and CloudSuite provide a business-hardened office suite with long-term, multi-platform support. Collabora Productivity is a division of Collabora, the global software consultancy dedicated to providing the benefits of Open Source to the commercial world, specialising in mobile, automotive and consumer electronics industries. For more information, visit www.collaboraoffice.com or follow @CollaboraOffice on Twitter.

About Seafile:

Seafile is a cloud storage platform for enterprise environments with sharing and collaboration features and a focus on safety and reliability offering native client apps for most major operating systems like Windows, Mac OSX and Linux as well as iOS and Android. Seafile is developed by a global team, spread over two companies: Seafile Ltd., located in China and Seafile GmbH, located in Germany. With a user base of more than 250 000 active users, Seafile counts industry clients like Kaspersky Labs and Ping An China to its Seafile Professional customers as well as European universities like HU Berlin and Université de Strasbourg.